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Variant Anatomy Literacy as a Patient‐Safety Competency in Surgical Training: A Title‐Informed Conceptual Review and Competency Framework

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical safety depends on recognition of patient‐specific anatomy when encountered structures depart from population norms. Knowledge of anatomical variations is often treated as supplemental rather than as a safety‐relevant necessity.
Juan A. Sanchis‐Gimeno, Andreea‐Bianca Zuld, Mathias Orellana‐Donoso, Juan José Valenzuela‐Fuenzalida, Guinevere Granite   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Discharge Summary Prompt Reduces Postoperative Radiotherapy Delay in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Delays in postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) beyond 6 weeks are associated with worse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This study evaluated whether a discharge summary prompt could reduce PORT delay. Methods A retrospective review of patients from 2018 to 2023 was used as a pre‐intervention baseline.
Andreja Radevic, Niketna Vivek, Joaquin Austerlitz, Sindhura Sridhar, Whitney Jin, Robert Sinard, Sarah L. Rohde, Kyle Mannion, Alexander J. Langerman, Eben Rosenthal, Michael C. Topf   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying the model for improvement to enhance recruitment and retention in a discharge intervention randomized controlled trial

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background High recruitment, intervention fidelity, and retention rates in clinical trials are necessary to ensure generalizable conclusions; quality improvement (QI) methods can be used to track and improve these rates. The Garnering Effective Telehealth to Help Optimize Multidisciplinary Team Engagement (GET2HOME) study is a randomized ...
Calise Curry, Skyler Patterson, Allison M. Wiedeman, Jasmine Parker, Elisabeth Peskin, Kerry Tepe, Dianna Bosse, Ramya Sri Lakshmi Adapa, Patrick W. Brady, Katherine Auger, Hadley Sauers‐Ford, the Garnering Effective Telehealth 2 Help Optimize Multidisciplinary Team Engagement (GET2HOME) Study Team   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A handoff is not a telegram: an understanding of the patient is co-constructed [PDF]

Critical Care, 2011
Hospital handoffs are believed to be a key locus of communication breakdown that can endanger patient safety and undermine quality of care. Substantial new efforts to better understand handoffs and to improve handoff practices are under way. Many such efforts appear to be seriously hampered, however, by an underlying presumption that the essential ...
Cohen, Michael D, Hilligoss, Brian, Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, André Carlos   +2 more
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The Methods and Outcomes of In-hospital Handoff Improvement

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2012
“Handoff” is a significant tool used by healthcare providers to ensure continuous and safe care. However, adverse consequences resulting from handoff breakdowns are common.
Ratjai Vachprasit, Wongchan Petpichetchian, Mary A Blegen, Praneed Songwathana   +3 more
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Review nurses' skills in handover using SBAR tool in general ward [PDF]

Journal of Evidence-Based Care, 2019
Patient's clinical handoff which is a critical organizational and clinical process is considered one of the fundamental responsibilities of nurses. In this regard, lack of tools and resources to be applied for this purpose threatens the life of patients.
Samira Beigmoradi, Azita Pourshirvani, Marzieh Pazokian, Malihe Nasiri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of the community pharmacist in medicine information transfer during transitions of care and the impact on associated outcomes: a scoping review

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Transitions of care (TOC) between hospital and community settings are high‐risk periods for medication‐related problems (MRPs), often caused by inadequate information transfer between healthcare settings. Community pharmacists are well positioned to support continuity of care; however, they are frequently excluded from the ...
Melanie Bailey, Laetitia Hattingh, Mathew Percival, Henry Ndukwe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handoff communication in intensive care: links with patient safety

Escola Anna Nery, 2018
Objective: To gather scientific evidence about ICU handoff practices and their implications on the safety of communication among team members about hospitalized patients.
Grazielle Rezende da Silva dos Santos, Juliana Faria Campos, Rafael Celestino da Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Patient Handoff [PDF]

Academic Medicine, 2012
In 2010, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education released its resident duty hours restrictions, requiring that faculty monitor their residents' patient handoffs to ensure that residents are competent in handoff communications. Although studies have reported the need to improve the effectiveness of the handoff and a variety of curricula
Max V, Wohlauer, Vineet M, Arora, Leora I, Horwitz, Ellen J, Bass, Sean E, Mahar, Ingrid, Philibert   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Missed Nursing Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units for Infants Experiencing or at Risk of Experiencing Substance Withdrawal

Research in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Caring for infants experiencing or at risk of substance withdrawal often increases nursing workload and may contribute to missed nursing care (MNC). This study examined the relationship between infants' substance withdrawal status and the occurrence of MNC in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). We conducted a secondary analysis of data from
Sooyoung Kim, Adam C. Carle, Rita Pickler, Jin Jun, Heather L. Tubbs‐Cooley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source